Degradation of potassium formate in the unsaturated zone of a sandy aquifer

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1665-1671

  Hellstén, Pasi P ^a   Kivimäki, Anna Liisa ^a   Miettinen, Ilkka T ^b   Mäkinen, Risto P ^a   Salminen, Jani M ^a   Nystén, Taina H ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; LYSIMETERS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POTABLE WATER;

DEICING AGENT; DIVALENT IONS; PERCOLATING WATER; POTASSIUM FORMATE;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

BARIUM; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM FORMATE; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; LEACHING; LYSIMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VEGETATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FINLAND; FORMATES; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25844453925     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0323     Document Type: Article

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